diff --git a/include/lol/private/types/real.ipp b/include/lol/private/types/real.ipp
index 299e780b..9cf359e3 100644
--- a/include/lol/private/types/real.ipp
+++ b/include/lol/private/types/real.ipp
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ template<typename T> real_t<T> real_t<T>::operator *(real_t<T> const &x) const
         {
             prev = carry;
             carry += (uint64_t)m_mantissa[bigit_count() - 1 - j]
-                   *(uint64_t)x.m_mantissa[j - 1 - i];
+                   * (uint64_t)x.m_mantissa[j - 1 - i];
             hicarry += (carry<prev);
         }
         prev = carry;